2006

Manchester Vs Cancer organized by Andy Rourke
Guitar/vocals on ‘There Is A Light That Never Goes Out’, ‘Denial, Denial’, ‘Sparks Of Life’, ‘Down On The Corner’, and ‘How Soon Is Now?’ with Andy Rourke on bass, and guitar on ‘Viscious’ and ‘There’s A Ghost In My House’ with Bernard Sumner, guitar on ‘There Goes The Fear’ and ‘Wrote For Luck’ with Peter Hook on bass, among others

‘Johnny Marr & The Healers Manchester Arena’ – Video from ezzer008

2005

Live Lineup
Johnny Marr on vocals and guitar, James Doviak on guitar and keyboards, Iwan Gronow on bass and David Tolan on drums

Meltdown – Royal Festival Hall – London, UK – 26 June 2005

Songs of Exerience The work of Jimi Hendrix and the music that inspired him featuring Patti Smith, Jeff Beck, Flea, Joanna Newsom, Johnny Marr and Robyn Hitchcock
Johnny Marr and Robyn Hitchcock played ‘May This Be Love’ – Track 1, Side 2 of Jimi Hendrix’s 1967 UK debut album Are You Experienced?“

Meltdown – Royal Festival Hall – London, UK – 24 June 2005

UK-US Folk Connections curated by Patti SmithGuitar with Bert Jansch on ‘Pretty Sarah/Pretty Polly’, guitar/vocals with The Healers on ‘Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want’ and ‘My Name Is Carnival’, guitar with Neil Finn on ‘Throw Your Arms Around Me’ and guitar/vocals with Neil Finn and Lenny Kaye on ‘Lay Me Down’

JOHNNY MARR + THE HEALERSPeople On The Highway – A Bert Jansch Encomium tribute album – September 2000

Guitar/vocals on ‘A Woman Like You’ written by Bert Jansch

Johnny Marr + The Healers – Scala – London, UK – 6 September 2000

Haven and Lights opened

“Johnny’s red 1964 Gibson SG guitar was stolen at Scala. A spokesperson for Johnny’s management said “Johnny is very upset at the loss of one of his favourite guitars. However, we have passed on to the police video footage from the venue showing the thief leaving with the guitar. We have also alerted all the UK’s music shops to be on the look out for the guitar. We are confident that the thief will be tracked down. Johnny is only concerned that his guitar is returned safely so if anyone knows anything about this could they please contact our office on 44 20 7298 6000. A reward will be given for information leading to the safe recovery of the instrument.”

Indeed, a low-key gig at Sheffield Leadmill recently did much to justify Marr’s claim that he wants “a collision between T Rex, The Stooges, Santana, Eno and The Wailers. Oh, and Beck, in the Arizona desert.”

In The News

Twitter, 3 November 2016
Read Johnny's answers to a Live Q+A on Twitter
Ask questions from 3pm on using #AskJohnnyMarr about his new autobiography #SetTheBoyFree

BBC Radio 2, 2 November 2016
Johnny talks to Simon Mayo about his wife Angie, Morrissey and 'How Soon Is Now?"

The Guardian, Weekend Magazine, 29 October 2016
Johnny Marr on The Smiths, the love of his life and the last time he saw Morrissey
"It's 29 years since the Smiths split up, and funding member Johnny Marr isn't angry any more. So what happened when he and Morrissey met for a drink?"